You're Eating Bread and Calling It Manna

Israel ate the same bread every morning in the wilderness. God sent it down fresh, right on time, every single day. But watch what they called it. When their hearts were bitter, they called it manna. That's just a fancy way of saying, "What is this stuff?" Dismissive. Ungrateful. Turning their nose up at heaven's own groceries.

But Psalm 105 looks back at that same provision and calls it bread. Same gift. Same God. Same wilderness. Different heart looking at it.

That tells you something about you and me.

It's not the blessing that changes. It's the heart receiving it.

You can sit down at a table for a meal your wife worked all day on and call it manna under your breath because it's not what you wanted. You can walk into a little church house with a small parking lot and thin crowd and call that manna too, instead of thanking God He gave you a place to worship at all. You can look at the job, the house, the marriage — the same mercies renewed every single morning — and either call it worthless or call it bread.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. Not our faithfulness. His.

A grateful heart magnifies the blessing. A bitter heart minimizes it and asks, "What is it?" Same bread. Different man.

Check what you're calling things this week. Your family. Your church. Your portion. Because what you name it tells on your heart a lot faster than what you say you believe.

Still eating manna? Hear the whole message, below:

Pastor Fortunato
Founding Pastor & Preacher of the Word.
Pilgrim Baptist Church — Cookeville, Tennessee
https://pilgrimbaptist.church/
https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/pilgrimbaptist/